ICP Results

nova65ss · Dec 4, 2017

So I had my tank checked for the first time since setting it up. One with Triton in Germany one with ICP analysis in Colorado. Results are way different....samples were drawn at the exact same time and sent the same day.

https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/aquarium/auswertung-b/icp-oes/4276/

Not sure how they can have such off results on two common tests such as calcium and mg?

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atx100r · Dec 4, 2017

nova65ss said:
So I had my tank checked for the first time since setting it up. One with Triton in Germany one with ICP analysis in Colorado. Results are way different....samples were drawn at the exact same time and sent the same day.

https://www.triton-lab.de/en/showroom/aquarium/auswertung-b/icp-oes/4276/

Not sure how they can have such off results on two common tests such as calcium and mg?

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Very interesting...im curious as to what kind of responses you get...

Randy Holmes-Farley · Dec 5, 2017

Testing or reporting errors from one or both, assuming you sent essentially the same sample.

If it is the same water, there is no other possible explanation.

treedog5 · Dec 5, 2017

So should he ask for a refund or free retest from the company that has the suspect results?

Randy Holmes-Farley · Dec 5, 2017

Hard to say. If it were me and I knew the two water samples to be identical and had some idea what the data should be, I'd just stop using the one that i didn't think was right.

Here's a thread where I discuss some issues relating to ICPanalysis.com:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/icp-testing.293632/